The Sunnah is to wipe the ears during wudu and to wash them is an excess
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Is it obligatory to wash the ears during wudu by pouring water on them, on their outer and inner parts, or is wiping sufficient? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
What Allah the Exalted has made obligatory is wiping, and it is not permissible to add to what Allah has made obligatory by washing the head or washing the ears. This is an excess (ghuluw) that has been forbidden, and it is not prescribed, because Allah the Exalted says: "And wipe your heads." He commanded wiping and did not command washing. The ears are part of the head, and it is sufficient to wipe their outer and inner parts by inserting the index finger into their openings and rotating the thumb on their outer parts. This is what is prescribed.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Is it obligatory to wash the ears during wudu by pouring water on them, on their outer and inner parts, or is wiping sufficient? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
What Allah the Exalted has made obligatory is wiping, and it is not permissible to add to what Allah has made obligatory by washing the head or washing the ears. This is an excess (ghuluw) that has been forbidden, and it is not prescribed, because Allah the Exalted says: "And wipe your heads." He commanded wiping and did not command washing. The ears are part of the head, and it is sufficient to wipe their outer and inner parts by inserting the index finger into their openings and rotating the thumb on their outer parts. This is what is prescribed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4699- السنة مسح الأذنين في الوضوء وغسلهما من الغلو - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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